Despite a legal challenge, Gov. Terry McAuliffe, the state's largest power company and environmentalists all agreed Wednesday that work on Virginia's share of the nation's Clean Power Plan should continue.

In fact, a group of power company executives, environmentalists and others working on the plan are to meet as scheduled Friday.

A coalition of 27 primarily Republican-led states and industry opponents swayed a divided Supreme Court to grant a lower court hearing on the claim the proposed regulations are "an unprecedented power grab." The justices issued the temporary freeze Tuesday.

In Virginia, the setback is viewed as a bump in the road, not a roadblock.

LAUREL, De-For months, farmers have been burying tighty whities in the ground to test soil health. Now, farmers have dug up the underwear to see what's left of it. The underwear reveal was held at the Sussex Conservation District's Fourth Annual Soil HealMore

LAUREL, De-For months, farmers have been burying tighty whities in the ground to test soil health. Now, farmers have dug up the underwear to see what's left of it. The underwear reveal was held at the Sussex Conservation District's Fourth Annual Soil HealMore